We never know what an #RITPhoto alum is going to do after graduation. We are always surprised and so very proud of the diverse and important careers many alums have found. As technology changes, new and evolving career opportunities are … Continue reading →

March 19, 2016 Congrats to the #RITphoto community including students, alumni, faculty and staff! Because of the vitality and diversity of our rich educational environment, #ritphoto was recently recognized for a couple of important honors. The MFA program in Imaging … Continue reading →

What is your current position/title? My title is communications and social media specialist at Compeer Rochester. Compeer is a non-profit whose mission is to create friendships by finding volunteers to be mentors to those living with mental illness in Rochester. … Continue reading →

#RITphoto has a new public venue for videos produced for a multitude of faculty, student and class projects. Check out #ritphoto’s Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/ritphoto to get an up close and behind the scenes view of captivating productions from the … Continue reading →

RIT Photo is excited to share another NEWS update. Zeiss has consigned many lenses to our Photography Cage. We are looking forward to see the students use these high quality optics for shooting their assignments and for prizes. There are … Continue reading →

RIT Photo faculty member Susan McWhinney will speak at Open All Ports: the 15th Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology at the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College February 25th – 27th 2016. Her talk, “Framing Through … Continue reading →

Professors Willie Osterman and Michael Peres first met in August 1986 when Peres was hired as an instructor in the biomedical photographic communications program and Osterman was an assistant professor of fine art photography. During the thirty years since that … Continue reading →

What is your current position/title? I am currently the CUREkids Coordinator at the CURE International Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. CURE provides mostly free – but at some of our hospitals for a nominal fee – surgery for kids. Our hospital … Continue reading →

A few years ago, #RITphoto decided to launch a competition with the intention of discovering, supporting and promoting a new generation of image makers. The faculty decided to use Instagram as the platform, where students would be able to enter by tagging their … Continue reading →

About Us

The School of Photographic Arts and Sciences prepares students for a wide range of exciting careers in photography and the modern ever-changing field of imaging. Image making is taught through courses investigating methods and aesthetics required in pictorial and information-based images, videos, websites, and publications. Photography majors participate in a unique educational community, both in undergraduate and graduate studies. It is a community where students have the opportunity to work and study with our highly respected and accomplished faculty in state-of-the-art facilities with access to an unrivaled equipment lending resource called the Cage. For more than 100 years, #ritphoto has been dedicated to creative and professional enrichment, preparing students for distinguished careers as creative and innovative leaders.